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Thursday, August 25, 2011

"DO YOU HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA STYLE? AP Style, That Is. Get It!"

Social media seems to have taken over earth and, perhaps, a
few other local planets. I recently wrote an article on Netiquette—proper
rules, attitudes, and behaviors on the Internet, which will be published this
fall.

But I forgot 1 thing: a title. No. I’m kidding. That’s a
little blog humor. I forgot to mention the official style manual and resource
for writing blogs and posts on social media. For those of you in academia, you
are probably familiar with APA Publication Style, required for a bazillion
journals. In the media, the style manual has 1 less letter: AP, which stands
for Reuters. Oops! I mean Associated Press. It’s called the (Are you
ready? Isn’t this exciting?) AP Stylebook. Here’s the citation in
APA style:

It’s often referred to as the journalist's "bible." It
is a spiral-bound style manual for all writers, editors, students, and public
relations specialists. The 2011 edition providesfundamentalguidelines on
spelling, grammar, punctuation and usage, with special sections on food, social
media, business, sports and media law.

For those of you who write a lot on the Internet or for the New
York Times, it’s an essential reference. Check it out. Between APA and AP, you
should be well armed to write anything in proper format. Now if you could just
think of something worthy of that impeccable style, you’d be set.

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I am currently Professor Emeritus, Biostatistics and Measurement, and former Assistant Dean for Teaching at The Johns Hopkins University. After 30 years of teaching and research, I left Hopkins on June 30, 2006, to pursue speaking and writing fulltime.
I've been a teacher, writer, and researcher for 42 years, from elementary school teacher to university professor and assistant dean to professional speaker. I am still writing articles (150+) and books (13), which are posted on my Website (www.ronberk.com), and speaking to faculty about humor and multimedia in teaching, assessment, faculty evaluation, and stress management, and to students about time management, stress reduction, finding your passion in a career, and test-taking skills in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, Eastern Europe, Asia, and the Persian Gulf.